Interfaith Quotes

• Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality.

  Carl Sagan

  God, Spiritual, Philosophy

  Carl Sagan (2011). “Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark”, p.54, Ballantine Books

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• It is the duty of every cultured man or woman to read sympathetically the scriptures of the world. If we are to respect others' religions as we would have them respect our own, a friendly study of the world's religions is a sacred duty.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Sympathy, Men, Diversity

  Mahatma Gandhi (1962). “All Religions are True”

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• Peace among religions is a precondition for world peace.

  Agnivesh

  World

  Agnivesh's Right Livelihood Award Acceptance Speech, www.rightlivelihoodaward.org. December 31, 2004.

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• The basis of world peace is the teaching which runs through almost all the great religions of the world. Love thy neighbor as thyself.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Love, Running, Peace

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• There is only one river. There is only one sea.
  And it flows through you, and it flows through me.
  There is only one people. We are one and the same.
  We are all one spirit. We are all one name.

  Peter Yarrow

  Sea, Names, Rivers

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• My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.

  Dalai Lama

  Inspirational, Success, God

  "Tibet, a Guide to the Land of Fascination". Book by Trilok Chandra Majupuria and Indra Majupuria, 1988.

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• As believers we all have an opportunity and moral obligation to recognize our spiritual common ground; to rise above our differences; to combat prejudice and intolerance.

  Queen Noor of Jordan

  Inspirational, God, Spiritual

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• The force and the strength for peace will come from people. And that will happen when people start to realize that all the diversity and differences we see of nationalities, of religions, of cultures, of languages, are all beautiful diversities, for they are only on the surface. And deep down we share the same humanity, the global humanity.

  Satish Kumar

  Strength, Beautiful, Differences

  "Walking The World For Peace". Interview with Robert Gilman, www.context.org. 1987.

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• Never before probably has the need for interfaith commitment been nearly as great as it is at this very moment.

  Walter Cronkite

  Commitment, Needs, Moments

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• Interfaith dialogue is a must today, and the first step in establishing it is forgetting the past, ignoring polemical arguments, and giving precedence to common points, which far outnumber polemical ones.

  Fethullah Gulen

  Past, Giving, Today

  "Humanity Needs a Touch of Magical Interfaith Dialogue" by Arzu Kaya Uranli, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 6, 2013.

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• We Christians bring peace and grace as a treasure to be offered to the world, but these gifts can bear fruit only when Christians live and work together in harmony. This makes it easier to contribute to building relations of respect and peaceful coexistence with those who belong to other religious traditions, and with non-believers.

  Pope Francis

  Christian, Religious, Grace

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• In the context of interfaith encounter, we need to bring to the surface how our actual beliefs shape what we do - not simply to agree that kindness is better than cruelty.

  Rowan Williams

  God, Kindness, Encounters

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• The interdependency of humankind, the relevance of relationship, the sacredness of creation is ancient, ancient wisdom.

  Rebecca Adamson

  God, Wisdom, Spirituality

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• Show me a religion that doesn't care about compassion. Show me a religion that doesn't care about stewardship of the environment. Show me a religion that doesn't care about hospitality.

  Eboo Patel

  Compassion, Care, Stewardship

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• What is faith if it is not translated into action?

  Mahatma Gandhi

  God, Action, Spirituality

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• Every religion contains, in varying degrees, elements of the soft and the hard. For the sake of world peace, dialogue within religions and among them must strengthen the softer aspects.

  Johan Galtung

  Degrees, Elements, World

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• Let me say this loud and clear. There is a world of difference between terrorist acts and the Islamic Shari'a. Islam is not only a religion, but a way of life. And at its heart lie the sacred principles of tolerance and dialogue.

  King Hussein I

  Lying, Islamic, Heart

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• I set out to really build this universe of interfaith connectedness, where people could see that other people in different parts of the world are very much like them.

  Oprah Winfrey

  People, Different, World

  Source: www.aarp.org

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• I never will, by any word or act, bow to the shrine of intolerance or admit a right of inquiry into the religious opinions of others.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Religious, Tolerance, Inquiry

  Thomas Jefferson (1943). “Thomas Jefferson: selections from his writings edited, with an introduction”

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• Do not be idolatrous about or bound to any doctrine, theory, or ideology, even Buddhist ones. All systems of thought are guiding means; they are not absolute truth.

  Nhat Hanh

  God, Buddhist, Truth

  Thich Nhat Hanh (2005). “Thundering Silence: Sutra on Knowing the Better Way to Catch a Snake”, p.38, Parallax Press

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• I was proud to witness American Jewish organizations found the Save Darfur Coalition in June 2004 to mobilize a coordinated interfaith response to the ongoing humanitarian disaster.

  Jan Schakowsky

  Organization, June, Proud

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• It seems to rise again when the crisis times come, and this is a time of most severe crisis, as we all know, not just for the history of the United States and the survival indeed of our democracy, but for the future peace of the world. And never before probably has the need for interfaith commitment been nearly as great as it is at this very moment.

  Walter Cronkite

  God, Time, Future

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• The indigenous understanding has its basis of spirituality in a recognition of the interconnectedness and interdependence of all living things, a holistic and balanced view of the world. All things are bound together. All things connect. What happens to the Earth happens to the children of the earth. Humankind has not woven the web of life; we are but one thread. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.

  Rebecca Adamson

  God, Wisdom, Children

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• All things are bound together, all things connect. Whatever befalls the earth, befalls also the children of the earth.

  Oren Lyons

  God, Children, Together

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• So many of the wars in history, thousands and thousands of them for the past five, six, seven thousand years, have been related to differences in Truth claims. If we can evolve beyond that problem, then I think there's some chance that we could retire the whole institution of war and begin to focus on the peaceful evolution of humanity.

  Wayne Teasdale

  War, Past, Thinking

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